An Overview of Shareware Registration Services

Most sucessful shareware authors use one or more registration services to process their credit card orders,
since obtaining a merchant account can be a difficult (if not impossible) procedure. The
registration service handles payment by credit card (and usually can handle checks and other
forms of payment as well), and sends the author a monthly (typically) check, minus various
processing fees, which vary from service to service.

Below, I present the calculated processing fee for each registration service, for a variety of
product prices. Following that is a brief summary of the transaction and other associated fees
for each service. Please note that some services have "setup fees", and most, but not all, charge
the vendor each time a customer requests a refund.

The information below was gathered from the website of each registration service, and is believed
to be accurate, but be sure to check with the actual service. If any registration service notes an
error in any of the information here, please contact me at
cps@blackcatsystems.com
and I will be happy to correct it. Likewise, if a registration service that is not listed wishes to
be listed, contact me with the details / transaction fees for your service, and I will include
them in the next update of this page.

I am not affiliated with any service listed below
except as a customer, and have received no compensation from any service for the listings below.